The British Magazine and Review, Or, Universal Miscellany, Volume 1Harrison and Company no. 18, Paternoster-Row, 1783 - Great Britain |
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... raised the British name to fuch an eminence , that Envy can never tarnish the lau- rels he won , or Time confign them to oblivion . In confequence of the victory of Blenheim , and a train of fucceffes unparalleled in hiftory , the title ...
... raised the British name to fuch an eminence , that Envy can never tarnish the lau- rels he won , or Time confign them to oblivion . In confequence of the victory of Blenheim , and a train of fucceffes unparalleled in hiftory , the title ...
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... raised into the upper regions of the air , and there meet and mix with the nitrous particles , an incalefcence will im- mediately enfue , and oftentimes real accenfion , or production of flame ; and this , if it happens in the evening ...
... raised into the upper regions of the air , and there meet and mix with the nitrous particles , an incalefcence will im- mediately enfue , and oftentimes real accenfion , or production of flame ; and this , if it happens in the evening ...
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... a few days and nights at anchor there ; I was obliged to abandon this ulti- mate aim of all my attempts : yet D though though my boat was too fmall to raise any great 1783. ) . BRITISH MAGAZINE AND REVIEW . 25 JULY 1783.
... a few days and nights at anchor there ; I was obliged to abandon this ulti- mate aim of all my attempts : yet D though though my boat was too fmall to raise any great 1783. ) . BRITISH MAGAZINE AND REVIEW . 25 JULY 1783.
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though my boat was too fmall to raise any great weight , I determined to take a view of the guns of a Dutch ship of war loft in the year 1704 , and as they lay two or three miles nearer the land , I could execute this defign with lefs ...
though my boat was too fmall to raise any great weight , I determined to take a view of the guns of a Dutch ship of war loft in the year 1704 , and as they lay two or three miles nearer the land , I could execute this defign with lefs ...
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... Raised by your fway , fhall with your fway decline . Oft by the youth neglected now ye kand , Nor meet Attention's fond , affiduous hand : O be it yours to check , with just disdain , This prelude fure of Luxury's felfish reign ; Ah ...
... Raised by your fway , fhall with your fway decline . Oft by the youth neglected now ye kand , Nor meet Attention's fond , affiduous hand : O be it yours to check , with just disdain , This prelude fure of Luxury's felfish reign ; Ah ...
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